RE: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-27 Thread Christie Mason
I found this link interesting within the context of the current discussion. HTML: The standard that failed? HTML is officially whatever the top browser vendors say it is at the moment. You call that a standard? http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/html-the-standard-failed-585 Christie

RE: [WSG] E Learning for Telecom Operators(Telcos).I

2011-01-11 Thread Christie Mason
that a GUI for an eLearning project shouldn't be any different than any other web based content presentation. Focus on usability and navigation, focus on the learner's preferences not the training industry's preferences. Christie Mason

RE: [WSG] Standards based Drupal WYSIWYG Editor

2010-02-26 Thread Christie Mason
it easily integrates use of site styles by the editor, but it's not commonly available within most CMS apps. Would like to learn about any other editors that can easily integrate with a site's CSS. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines

RE: [WSG] Standards based Drupal WYSIWYG Editor

2010-02-26 Thread Christie Mason
FCKConfig.ToolbarComboPreviewCSS But that doesn't change the styles in the style drop down to the site styles Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

RE: [WSG] standards matter - an informationweek article

2009-04-23 Thread Christie Mason
I think he was referring to this story http://www.informationweek.com/news/infrastructure/management/showArticle.jh tml?articleID=216600011 Christie Mason -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Johnson Sent: Thursday

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
-Original Message- From:f Hassan Schroeder Christie Mason wrote: Yes, I've tried Flex and abandoned the effort. ... Plus, there's the maintenance issue. Simple example I always use is what if you had to change a corporate logo in every Flash file? To do that with a dynamic

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
this discussion thread. Email based discussions are another face of eLearning. In what way could using Flash have improved this discussion? Would this discussion even have happened if all participants would have had to create Flash files to interact? Christie Mason

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
Brett you are correct, This is a personal theory based on some personal observations. Do you use a Mac as your primary development computer? Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
above? CM - As long as there's a recognition that using multimedia at all times doesn't always add value, it's fine with me. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

[WSG] SEO and Flash

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
It seems that SEs are beginning to index text in Flash. Maybe the same will be true of screen readers, some day. http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Search-Engine-Optimization-Help/Search-Engine-Ind exing-for-Flash-Websites-is-Improving/#?kc=EWKNLINF01142009STR5 Christie Mason

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
be used appropriately to give rich depth to a concept, but it's still primarily used in the eLearning world (including both corporate trainers and educators) to port PPT to Flash and that's just wrong. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-13 Thread Christie Mason
when they were created. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-12 Thread Christie Mason
resources the way they informally learn from the web, plus content changes in ever decreasing time cycles which leaves little time to build and rebuild Flash delivered content. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http

RE: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-08 Thread Christie Mason
Exactly right. I've sadly watched Flash take over eLearning and still haven't figured out the attraction, except that it offers the control of PPT while appearing to be rich.There's only a very few types of web sites that still use Flash for delivering primary content - media sites, those

RE: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-07 Thread Christie Mason
a standard CMS approach, apply web standards, and link in alternate media? Then the text can be made larger and even the size of graphics, such as icons, can be increased with standard browser settings. Christie Mason *** List

RE: [WSG] Question about change color of numbers in OL list

2008-11-06 Thread Christie Mason
-weight: bold; color: #00FD00; } Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

RE: [WSG] Who are the Away on leave Notices from?

2008-11-05 Thread Christie Mason
Yep, but they're just a little less annoying than read receipts. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Lapcewich Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:41 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Who are the Away

RE: [WSG] Navigation - Pseudo Standards?

2007-11-15 Thread Christie Mason
because it's a liquid design, not a static layout with blank space on both sides. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Hancock Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:54 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Navigation

[WSG] Navigation - Pseudo Standards?

2007-11-14 Thread Christie Mason
with products in the right column, others feel the opposite. Does anyone know of any studies or review of user preferences indicating which is the majority preference for web users? Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http

RE: [WSG] Why DON'T you-know-who just fix the site?

2007-10-08 Thread Christie Mason
standards and accessibility - without using the word should. Pierce the perception. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-08 Thread Christie Mason
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RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
that this is a good design, when in fact it ignores the needs of many, which makes in inaccessible and unusable and puts them at a competitive disadvantage. There are many ways to change a culture, but legislating is not one of them. Christie Mason [1] we don't have finders-keepers and it's mine, I saw

RE: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
and elevators were not legislated into existence. Before there were malls, stores figured out that it was more efficient to build multiple levels and then make it easy for customers to access those multiple levels. Christie Mason *** List

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
Christie Mason wrote: I can't believe I'm even talking about rights and shopping in the same sentence. Barney Are you implying that shopping is a luxury? As horrible as you may find it, shopping is actually necessary for human survival in a capitalist society. It's the only way we can acquire

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
On Oct 5, 2007, at 3:15 AM, Christie Mason wrote: There are many ways to change a culture, but legislating is not one of them. I'm sorry, but I can't let that blatantly false statement go unchallenged. History is full of examples of changes for the better and for the worse brought about

[WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
methods? Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
passed. It's much easier to hide why you didn't hire a disabled person than to fire, with merit, someone in a protected group after you've hired them. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
Christie wrote: It's very, very difficult to defend the Target site, it's an unusable mess so I don't use it, but Target does have the right to have a bad site. Kerry Not if they lose this case, they don't. Christie Then they will still have to the right to have a bad, accessible site.

RE: [Spam] Re: [WSG] Using target=_blank

2007-07-25 Thread Christie Mason
window reluctance. I have FF set to open new windows in tabs and it looks like IE 7 does the same. Is that correct? Christie Mason .. SACRILEGE ALERT! If you have a complex site which involves lots of page swapping, there is still nothing to beat

RE: [WSG] Page Structure

2007-07-02 Thread Christie Mason
, but it does not have the highest contextual importance for users and SEO. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: Thierry Koblentz I don't know why we're talking about Newspapers and/or Books here. This is not print isn't? There is not such thing that covers and front pages on the web

RE: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Christie Mason
That may be because most people don't know it's an acronym. Foobar IS F.U.B.A.R. Christie Mason -Original Message- Rick Faaberg The only thing I can think of is: are you aware of the origin of fubar (which is the correct spelling of foobar)? It's totally weird how usage of fubar has

RE: [WSG] Who's putting javascript in my code?

2005-03-24 Thread Christie Mason
Are you using FireFox, IE or something else? I think that's browser based and it's something I've ignored but also been curious about. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: Carol Doersom To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:12 PM

RE: [WSG] making money out of web standards

2004-12-29 Thread Christie Mason
and tedious slogging of changing each page individually. They can control who sees what, when, how. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wong Chin Shin ... THEN, I show them how I can change the entire layout just by changing the CSS

RE: [WSG] Another amazing css zen garden entry

2004-12-17 Thread Christie Mason
In my Firefox .9.3, both sites only show text and some colored backgrounds. I had to view them in IE to see the wow factors. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Laakso Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:51 AM To: [EMAIL

RE: [WSG] Another amazing css zen garden entry

2004-12-17 Thread Christie Mason
Yes, I did use the correct URL, you may want to use something like Tiny URL for future links. I may have missed some opacity in IE but I didn't really feel like I missed anything, the page was still very wow. Unfortunately, I'm not fond of wow. Christie Mason -Original Message- From

RE: [WSG] should you refuse to support IE?

2004-10-18 Thread Christie Mason
site. Why is this site best viewed with FireFox? Try it and experience the difference. Christie Mason ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting